Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s rebellion in Harare, Mahela Jayawardene’s years old record broken by scoring just 20 runs, Yuvraj Singh still number-1

New Delhi. Vaibhav Suryavanshi again displayed his aggressive batting in the second T20 match played against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club. However, Vaibhav, who attacked the Zimbabwean bowlers as soon as he came to the crease, could not convert his momentum into a big innings. During the innings, while trying to play an excellent pull shot, he was caught at the boundary and returned to the pavilion after scoring 20 runs. Even though he may have missed a big innings, on the basis of this small innings of his, Vaibhav made a huge record in his name in International T20 cricket.

In this match played in Harare, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi started his innings with a bang. Facing just 9 balls, he scored 20 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 fours. During this period his strike rate was 222.22. Even though he could not stay on the field for long, he broke the years-old record of Sri Lankan legend and former captain Mahela Jayawardene.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi reached second place in the list leaving Jayawardene behind.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi has now become second in the list of batsmen who have scored runs with the highest strike rate in their first five innings of International T20 cricket. Talking about players from full member countries, Vaibhav has pushed Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene to third place. Vaibhav has scored a total of 112 runs in the first 5 T20I innings of his career so far. During this period, his strike rate has been 211.32, which also includes a brilliant half-century. If we look at Mahela Jayawardene’s statistics, he scored runs at a strike rate of 201.82 in his first 5 T20 International matches. Now Vaibhav has left this figure behind and snatched the second place from Jayawardene.

Yuvraj Singh’s all-time record remains intact
In this exclusive list of players who have scored runs with the highest strike rate in the first 5 innings of T20 International, the name of former Indian cricket legend Yuvraj Singh is at the top. Yuvraj Singh scored runs at an extraordinary strike rate of 235.09 in his first 5 matches in T20 International. This record of his remains at the top even today and no batsman in the world has been able to touch his figure till now. In this list, the name of former Bangladesh captain and explosive batsman Mohammad Ashraful comes at fourth place. Ashraful batted at a strike rate of 201.67 in his first 5 T20 matches. At the same time, in fifth place is former South African opener Richard Levi, who scored runs at a strike rate of exactly 200.00 in the first 5 T20 International innings of his career.

Vaibhav’s fearless style at a young age
The fearless and outspoken style with which Vaibhav Suryavanshi is playing T20 cricket has attracted everyone’s attention. No matter what the attack of the opposition team is, adopting an aggressive attitude from the very first ball has become his identity. His dismissal in the second T20 against Zimbabwe may have been a blow to the team, but the strike rate and fearlessness with which he is scoring has made it clear that he is emerging as a big match-winner for the future of the Indian T20 team.